North Korea Hands Over Remains Of 5 U.s. Soldiers

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October 10, 1998

PANMUNJOM, Korea - The skeletal remains of five Korean War-era Americans were returned by North Korea on Friday through this border village. The remains were unearthed by a U.S. military forensic team operating in North Korea. About 100 American and Canadian veterans of the Korean War saluted as the caskets containing the remains were handed over to the southern side. The remains were being sent to a U.S. Army laboratory in Hawaii.